Pic just keep getting smaller and smaller and then smaller still. At least there is only one so you can make a valued decision. Its only $700. What are they thinking. ...Doug
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-NLWBX-Superb-Candle-Stick-Telephone-/172163295978
Obviously not thinking!
That seller has quite a few phones listed and while this one has the smallest image, many have images just a bit larger. And it seems none of the listings have more than one photo along the descriptions that are brief. Prices are generally over $400 with many over $500.
The seller is an agent for www.phonecoinc.com who are located in Wisconsin. They have been selling parts and old phones for many decades and are trying to get out of the business. You can recognize the auctions from this partnership by looking at the title, which always has a "product code" and which has strange photos that are slightly out of focus and which have a shadowy background. The seller is clueless about the products he is selling. On several occasions, I have sent questions to the seller, expecting to get specific answers, but the answers are always the same: "We cannot answer your question because the item is in a warehouse and we do not have access to it at this time" or some variation on that theme. The asking prices are very high, as a result of the financial relationship (mark-up) between the owner and the agent.
Making tiny phones like that was a very expensive process, hence the high prices ;D
It seems to be this phone: http://www.phonecoinc.com/topic.asp?map=1&hhrl=home&gorl=group&group=main&category=Candle&topic=01020
Jack
Jack,
You solved the problem, the seller grabs the thumbnail off of the catalog page rather than clicking on the phone and grabbing the enlarged image.
This is the thumbnail
(http://www.phonecoinc.com/thumbn/NLWBX.jpg)
from here (scroll down toward the bottom on the right column)
http://www.phonecoinc.com/category.asp?map=1&category=Candle&gorl=group&hhrl=home&group=main
and this is the larger image from the phone listing (by clicking on the above thumbnail at the above link)
(http://www.phonecoinc.com/Hires/NLWBX.jpg)
from here
http://www.phonecoinc.com/topic.asp?map=1&hhrl=home&gorl=group&group=main&category=Candle&topic=01020
Now we all know . . . ;)
And, you can see the second seller markup, the difference in prices.